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Wild Reeds
Why this pick
Like Summer of 85, it gives adolescent desire a sunlit, seaside-adjacent French nostalgia, balancing first-love exhilaration with the uncertainty of becoming oneself.
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MOVIE2020 1h 30m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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Close
Why this pick
Its intimate focus on two boys’ intensely bonded adolescence carries a similarly delicate sense of joy shadowed by vulnerability and loss.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
When 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams. But will the dream last for more than one summer? The summer of 85.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Félix Lefebvre
Alexis
Benjamin Voisin
David
Philippine Velge
Kate
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Mme Gorman
Melvil Poupaud
M. Lefèvre
Isabelle Nanty
Mme Robin
Laurent Fernandez
M. Robin
Aurore Broutin
L'éducatrice